Helicobacter acinonychis: Genetic and Rodent Infection Studies of a Helicobacter pylori-Like Gastric Pathogen of Cheetahs and Other Big Cats

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 356-365

  Dailidiene, Daiva ^a   Dailide, Giedrius ^a   Ogura, Keiji ^a   Zhang, Maojun ^a   Mukhopadhyay, Asish K ^a,e   Eaton, Kathryn A ^b,f   Cattoli, Giovanni ^c,g   Kusters, Johannes G ^d   Berg, Douglas E ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHOLERA AND ENTERIC DISEASES   (India)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN ATPA; PROTEIN CAG; PROTEIN CYSS; PROTEIN FLAA; PROTEIN FLAB; PROTEIN GLMM; PROTEIN GLR; PROTEIN HP519; PROTEIN PPA; RECA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VACUOLATING TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHEETAH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOME; HELICOBACTER ACINONYCHIS; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; LION; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TIGER;

ACINONYX; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FLAGELLIN; HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; LIONS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PHYLOGENY;

ACINONYX; ACINONYX JUBATUS; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CIRCUS; FELIS CATUS; HELICOBACTER ACINONYCHIS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; PANTHERA LEO; PANTHERA TIGRIS; PROKARYOTA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0347915665     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.2.356-365.2004     Document Type: Article

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